Top "Root" questions

On Unix-like systems, a special user account used for system administration.

mysql root password forgotten

I did not use PHP MySQL for quite a while and now I need to use it again. But the …

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Running python script as root

I have the following script: #!/usr/bin/env python import sys import pyttsx def main(): print 'running speech-text.py...' …

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XML Serialization of List<T> - XML Root

First question on Stackoverflow (.Net 2.0): So I am trying to return an XML of a List with the following: public …

c# xml xml-serialization root generic-list
Create System Application

What I should to do to create a system app (to obtain rights to use android:sharedUserId="android.uid.system"…

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Google Cloud: Compute VM Instances

How do I get root access to my Google VM instance, and also how can I log into my VM …

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What is the best way for checking if the user of a script has root-like privileges?

I have a Python script that will be doing a lot of things that would require root-level privileges, such as …

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How to reset the root password in MySQL 8.0.11?

I have actually lost my root password and I need to change it. I follow these steps : Step # 1: Stop the …

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createdb: database creation failed: ERROR: permission denied to create database

I am pretty much confused about root user,super user,user and permissions! I am not able to create a …

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How does su work on android? And what are the pre-requisites for it to work? What is rooting on Android?

Possible Duplicate : what does the su mean: process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("su"); I am tired trying all the different things …

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How do I request root access in Android?

I need to get root access for rooted devices, and I was wondering how I can request root access. I …

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